Sökning: "women fighters"

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  1. 1. PERFORMING NEW FEMININITIES : Representations of YPJ female Kurdish fighters in the British news and in pro-Kurdish online media platforms.

    Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

    Författare :STAVROULA TERZIDOU; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Kurdish women; YPJ; media; liberation struggle; identity; performativity; militarism; Democratic Confederalism;

    Sammanfattning : The Syrian civil war has been one of the most complex armed confrontations in modern era. In thiscontext, the military participation of Kurdish female fighters of the YPJ Units has received globalmedia coverage. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Hell Hath No Fury : The Influence of Female Combatants on Conflict Severity

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Författare :Amelia Jade Premfors; [2023]
    Nyckelord :female combatants; civil war; conflict intensity; rebel groups; women fighters;

    Sammanfattning : How does the prevalence of female combatants in a rebel group influence conflict severity? Previous research has investigated the impact conflict has on women but has overlooked women’s contributions to conflict. Diverging from this paradigm, recent quantitative research has investigated why women join rebellions, why rebel groups recruit them, and how this affects conflict dynamics and outcomes. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Framing the YPG and YPJ : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Orientalist and Liberal Feminist Portrayals in United States’ Media and Politics

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Författare :Råvan Talani; [2022]
    Nyckelord :YPG; YPJ; Orientalism; Postcolonial Feminism; Jineology; Critical Discourse Analysis;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis analyses media portrayal of the People's Protection Units (YPG) and the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in US media by making use of Fairclough’s three-dimensional model of critical discourse analysis. The thesis investigates if these portrayals have been used as a justification by the United States White House to intervene militarily in the conflict in Rojava. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Good Girl, Wife or Foreign Fighter - Danish Media Constructions of women in ISIS

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Författare :Camilla Gissel; [2022]
    Nyckelord :ISIS; Female foreign fighters; Social Problems Theory; Narrative Criminology; ISIS bride; Betrayal; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Women who have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, have been understood as serving passive and largely supportive roles in ISIS state-building by media and, to a far extent, academia. Academia has argued that the passive role evolves into active participation in weaponed combat and planning of attacks. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Islamic State’s Enslavement of the Yazidi Minority : An Inquiry into the Female Devotees’ Responsibility

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Författare :Mina Jenabpour; [2022]
    Nyckelord :international public law; international law; international criminal law; slavery prohibition; yazidi minority; IS; the Islamic State; IS-women; foreign terrorist fighters; individual criminal responsibility; aiding and abetting complicity direct perpetration the Caliphate enslavement forced labour; powers attaching to the right of ownership; Folkrätt; Internationell straffrätt; Slaveriförbudet; Slaveri; Yazidi; IS-kvinnor; Individuellt straffansvar;

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